Setup Guide
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Overview
Active System Manager (ASM) is Dell’s unified management product that provides a comprehensive
infrastructure and workload automation solution for IT administrators and teams. ASM simplifies and
automates the management of heterogeneous environments, enabling IT to respond more rapidly to
dynamic business needs.
IT organizations today are often burdened by complex data centers that contain a mix of technologies
from different vendors and cumbersome operational tasks for delivering services while managing the
underlying infrastructure. These tasks are typically performed through multiple management consoles for
different physical and virtual resources, which can dramatically slow down service deployment.
The new Active System Manager 7.5 features an enhanced user interface that provides an intuitive, end-
to-end infrastructure and workload automation experience through a unified console. This speeds up
workload delivery and streamlines infrastructure management, enabling IT organizations to accelerate
service delivery and time to value for customers.
Other Documents You May Need
In addition to this guide, the following documents available on the Dell Support website at dell.com/
support/manuals provide additional information about the Active System Manager (ASM), version 7.5.
On the Manuals page, in the Tell us about your Dell system section, under No, select Choose from a list
of all Dell products, and then click Continue. On the Select your product type page, click Software &
Security → Enterprise System Management → Active System Manager → Dell Active System Manager
7.5.
• Dell Active System Manager version 7.5 User’s Guide
• Dell Active System Manager version 7.5 Online Help
NOTE: You can access the online help after you install ASM.
• Dell Active System Manager version 7.5 Release Notes
Licensing
Active System Manager (ASM) licensing is based on the total number of managed resources, except for
VMware vCenter. In ASM 7.5 release, standard is the only valid license type supported.
The standard license is a full-access license type.
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